EP1942826A1 - Molares implantat und entsprechendes verfahren - Google Patents
Molares implantat und entsprechendes verfahrenInfo
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- EP1942826A1 EP1942826A1 EP06755911A EP06755911A EP1942826A1 EP 1942826 A1 EP1942826 A1 EP 1942826A1 EP 06755911 A EP06755911 A EP 06755911A EP 06755911 A EP06755911 A EP 06755911A EP 1942826 A1 EP1942826 A1 EP 1942826A1
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- Prior art keywords
- shank
- molar
- implant
- coronal end
- implant according
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C8/00—Means to be fixed to the jaw-bone for consolidating natural teeth or for fixing dental prostheses thereon; Dental implants; Implanting tools
- A61C8/0018—Means to be fixed to the jaw-bone for consolidating natural teeth or for fixing dental prostheses thereon; Dental implants; Implanting tools characterised by the shape
- A61C8/0022—Self-screwing
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C8/00—Means to be fixed to the jaw-bone for consolidating natural teeth or for fixing dental prostheses thereon; Dental implants; Implanting tools
- A61C8/0048—Connecting the upper structure to the implant, e.g. bridging bars
- A61C8/0075—Implant heads specially designed for receiving an upper structure
Definitions
- THIS invention relates to a molar implant, i.e. a dental implant designed for use in molar implantation, and to a surgical method.
- Commonly used dental implant assemblies include an implant which is implanted in a patient's jawbone and a prosthesis, typically in the form of a prosthetic tooth or abutment, which is subsequently anchored to the implant.
- the implant typically has a tapered, threaded shank which is screwed into a hole in the jawbone.
- Molar teeth usually have multiple roots, often three in the case of maxillary molar teeth and two in the case of mandibular molar teeth. When a molar tooth is extracted the roots leave multiple root sockets with relatively small lateral dimensions in the jawbone. In common implantation practice, the shank of the implant is screwed into a selected one of these sockets. For this reason, the threaded shanks of existing implants are relatively slender to enable them to engage the socket securely when screwed home. However a problem with this conventional practice is that the root sockets are not centrally disposed with respect to the tooth itself. This means that the implant is not centralised after conventional implantation in a multi-root socket and this can result in difficulties achieving proper location, orientation and centralisation of the implant and subsequently the prosthesis.
- the present invention seeks to address this problem.
- a molar implant comprising a body having a coronal end. into which a threaded bore extends to receive a fastener for a prosthesis and an externally threaded shank extending from the coronal end, at least a portion of the shank being inwardly tapered, the coronal end having a diameter of at least 7mm and the shank having a taper angle in the range 10° to 25°.
- the taper angle of the shank is in the range 11.6° to 19.9°.
- the shank has a round cylindrical, threaded portion adjacent the euter end and a conically tapered portion extending apically from the round cylindrical portion.
- the thread of the round cylindrical portion of the shank may define a greater major diameter than the coronal end.
- the thread of the round cylindrical portion of the shank in such cases may define a major diameter exceeding 8mm.
- the diameter of the coronal end may be greater than the major diameter of the cylindrical portion of the shank, or the diameters may be the same.
- the coronal end, the threaded bore and the shank are coaxially aligned with one another.
- the coronal end and the threaded bore have a common, first axis and the shank has a second axis which is inclined relative to the first axis.
- the outer end may carry a tool-engagable boss. There may also be
- Cotrry ⁇ oJL plurality of blind holes in a coronal surface.
- the outer end may have a tool-engagable socket therein leading to the threaded bore.
- a surgical method including the steps of extracting a molar tooth from a maxilla or mandible, forming a hole in the bone of the maxilla or mandible at a generally central position relative to the sockets left by the extracted molar tooth, and screwing an implant into the formed hole, the implant comprising a body having a coronal end into which a threaded bore extends to receive a fastener for a prosthesis and an externally threaded shank extending apically from the coronal end, at least a portion of the shank being inwardly tapered, the coronal end having a diameter of at least 7mm and the shank having a taper angle in the range 10° to 25°.
- Figure 1 illustrates, in diagrammatic cross-section, a portion of a maxilla and the anchorage of a molar tooth therein;
- Figure 2 diagrammatically illustrates sockets left in the maxilla after removal of the molar tooth
- Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional side view of a molar implant according to a first embodiment of the invention
- Figure 4 shows an end view, on the arrow 4 in Figure 3, of the molar implant
- Figure 5 shows a cross-sectional side view of a molar implant according to a second embodiment of the invention
- Figure 6 shows a cross-sectional side view of a molar implant according to a third embodiment of the invention
- Figure 7 shows a cross-sectional side view of a molar implant according to a fourth embodiment of the invention
- Figure 8 shows a side view of a modified implant
- Figure 9 shows a cross-section at the line 9-9 in Figure 8.
- a maxillary bone is indicated by the numeral 10.
- the numeral 12 indicates a molar tooth having three roots 14. Extraction of the tooth from the bone 10 leaves three corresponding root sockets 16, as shown in Figure 2, with surrounding bone structure 18 having a central region 20 between the respective sockets.
- the present invention proposes a different implantation technique in which a hole indicated by the line 22 is drilled, reamed or otherwise formed centrally in the bone and the implant which is anchored therein is of greater diameter than those used conventionally.
- a suitable implant 24 is illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.
- the implant 24 has an operatively outer or coronal end 26 of circular cross-section and having a diameter 28 of 7mm. In other embodiments the diameter 28 may exceed 7mm.
- the coronal end 26 is formed with a central, projecting boss 30 of hexagonal cross-section and with three small, blind holes 32 equiangularly spaced apart around the boss.
- the implant also has a conically tapered, threaded shank 34 extending inwardly, i.e. apically, from the coronal end 26 to a rounded, inner or apical end 36.
- the external thread 38 of the shank has a tapered portion 38.1 at the apical end and a cylindrical portion 38.2 at the coronal end. It will be noted that the latter portion of the thread 38 stands laterally proud of the circumferential surface 29 of the coronal end 26, such that the major diameter 42 of the thread, defined by the crests of the threads in the portion 38.2, is greater than the diameter 28 of the coronal end. In this case, the major diameter 42 is 8mm but in other embodiments, the diameter 42 may exceed 8mm.
- the taper angle of the shank is indicated by the numeral 46.
- This angle, and the overall length 48 of the implant, measured from the end surface 50 to the end 36, are selected in dependence on the intended location of the implant and the geometry and dimensions of the jawbone at that specific location. For instance, in a situation where it is not possible to form a deep hole 22 because the bone geometry and dimensions are such that there would then be an insufficient thickness of bone at the end of the hole, the preference would be for a shorter implant, i.e. an implant having a shorter shank and in which the shank has a greater taper angle 46. In other situations where the bone structure is capable of accommodating a deeper hole 22, the preference would be for a longer implant with a smaller taper angle.
- Implants according to the invention will typically have an overall length 48 varying between 7mm and 15mm with corresponding taper angles 46 varying between 25° and 10°, typically between 19.9° and 11.6°.
- the dimension 52 being the distance between the end surface 50 and the commencement of the thread 38, is of the order of 0.7mm. The same distance will apply in other cases, so the overall threaded length will typically vary between about 6.3mm and 14.3mm. ⁇
- the diameter of the implant and the taper angles are somewhat greater than those conventionally used.
- the fact that implants of the invention have a greater diameter than previously used implants means that they are suitable for anchorage in the centrally formed hole 22 which is of larger diameter than the lateral dimension of the root sockets 16.
- central hole 22 facilitates centralisation of the prosthesis when anchored to the implant, and the aforementioned problem of proper prosthesis location and alignment, which is encountered when the implant is anchored in a non-centralised root socket 16, can be avoided.
- previously known molar implants had a relatively small angle of taper, typically not more than about 7.8°
- the proposed use of a greater diameter implant in the present invention is permitted by simultaneously using a greater taper angle 46.
- the greater taper angle keeps the overall length of the implant, and in particular the threaded length which is anchored in the socket, within the limits imposed by the natural geometry of the jawbone and avoids the necessity to remove excessive bone during drilling or reaming of the hole 22.
- the hexagonal boss 30 or the three holes 32 can be engaged by a suitable spanner or other tool which is used to rotate the implant.
- the prosthesis (not shown) is then anchored to the implant in the normal way by means of a screw (not shown) screwed into an internally threaded bore 60.
- the bore 60 proceeds inwardly or apically from the boss and is aligned on the central axis of the implant.
- FIGS 5, 6 and 7 respectively show second, third and fourth embodiments 70, 72, and 74 respectively of molar implants according to the invention. These embodiments operate in the same manner as the molar implant 24 described above. However, the molar implant 70 differs from the ' implant 24 in that its cylindrical threaded portion 38.2 does not stand proud of the circumferential surface 29 of the end 26. In fact, the circumferential surface 29 of the end 26 extends radially beyond the threaded portion 38.2.
- the molar implant 72 seen in Figure 6 differs from the implant 24 in that there is no projecting boss at the end 26. Instead, there is a non-circular socket 76 which leads axially to the threaded bore 60 and which can be engaged by a suitable tool for the purposes of rotating the implant in order to screw it into the hole 22.
- the illustrated socket 76 is parallel sided and of hexagonal cross-section but it will be understood that other tool-engagble socket shapes are within the scope of the invention.
- molar implants such as the implant 74 of Figure 7 can be used.
- the end 26 is shaped as shown in order for the axis 80 of the bore 60 to be angled relative to the axis 78 of the tapered shank 34 by the angle 82.
- FIGS 8 and 9 illustrate a further modification.
- the implant seen in these Figures differs from that illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 in that the thread 38 is intersected, substantially at right angles, by longitudinally extending grooves 90.
- An advantage of this feature is that the surrounding bone can, after installation of the implant, grow into the ftaftev ⁇ pee grooves and thereby improve the integrity of the anchorage.
- the grooves do not extend longitudinally for the full extent of the thread 38.
- the inner or apical ends 90.1 of the grooves terminate short of the end of the thread 38 at the inner or apical end 36 of the implant. This is considered advantageous in that, if the grooves did continue right to the inner end of the .thread their ends could be open at the bottom of the hole 22 and could, for instance, allow undesirable ingress of bacteria from a sinus cavity which may have been penetrated by the hole 22 during formation thereof.
- the outer or coronal ends 90.2 of the grooves 90 also terminate short of the end of the thread 38 towards the outer or coronal end of the implant, i.e. towards the end 26, in this case to prevent possible ingress of bacteria from the oral cavity.
- grooves 90 there are three grooves 90 spaced apart from one another by 120°, but it will be understood that other embodiments may have one, two or more than three such grooves. It will also be understood that grooves such as the grooves 90 may be provided in any of the other embodiments described above.
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